Privacy Policy

Guidelines for responsible data processing EMS Norway 2020/21

Who we are

EMS Norway is a non-profit interest organization for employees and actors working within prehospital ambulance services in Norway. The organization is registered in the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities in Brønnøysund and listed in the Register of Non-Profit Organizations. Organization number, postal address, and contact information can be found at the bottom of our website. Our website is: https://www.emsnorway.no

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

When visitors leave comments on the site, the information entered in the comment form is stored, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This is done to help prevent inappropriate comments.An anonymized string generated from your email address, also called a hash, may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment has been approved, your profile picture will be visible to anyone in connection with your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract this information from images on the site.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on this website, you can ask us to remember your name, email address, and website. This information is stored in a cookie to make things easier for you, so you do not have to enter the information again the next time you leave a comment. These cookies expire after one year.

If you visit our login page, we will create a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and disappears when you close your browser.

When you log in, cookies are created to store your login information and the choices you have made regarding how content should be displayed. Login cookies expire after two days, while display preference cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember me”, your login information will be kept for two weeks. If you log out of your account, these cookies will disappear.If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data, only the ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, articles, and similar material. Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the website from which the embedded content originates.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. This also includes tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. EMS Norway is not responsible for data processing by any third-party actors. EMS Norway does not share, resell, or otherwise transfer your stored data to third parties.

How long we retain information about you

If you leave a comment, the comment and information about the comment are stored indefinitely. This is so we can recognize follow-up comments and approve them automatically instead of placing them in a queue where they must be manually approved by an editor.For users who register on this website, use embedded contact forms, or subscribe to our newsletter, the personal data provided in the user profile or during registration is stored. All users can view, edit, or request deletion of their own personal data at any time. The website administrators are the only people with access to this information.

Your rights regarding information we hold about you

You can request an export file containing the personal data we hold about you. This includes any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete all personal data we hold about you. This does not include information we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Where we send information about you

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.